I'm updating almost every other day. Thank you for the reviews. Thank you Zarathustra101 for beta reading this chapter as usual. I am introducing the Cullens in this chapter. This is where the story differs from Twilight entirely. The idea concept is still the same though. I changed Bella's classes so she can have at least one Cullen in each one and have to sit with one.

Chapter 2: The Cullens

I honestly didn't want to get up this morning. I had to. I sat up in bed. It was still dark. It was quiet this morning. I climbed out of my bed and grabbed some clothes and walked into the bathroom. I took a warm shower. Great comfort came from that shower. I washed my body and my hair.

I then got dressed. I was wearing boot-cut jeans and a v-neck red sweater. I put on some converse and brushed my tangled hair. I stared at my reflection. I was pale. I didn't look like a person from Phoenix should. People would expect me to be tan. Very tan. But I wasn't. I sighed. It was no use delaying the inevitable. I walked out the bathroom and grabbed my book bag. I slowly walked downstairs.

"Goodbye Dad," I waved at Charlie who was drinking coffee.

"Breakfast?"

"No thanks. I'm not hungry."

"You sure?"

"Positive."I moved to go out the door. I grabbed my keys and my jacked.

"See you later Bells." Charlie waved awkwardly while holding his coffee cup.

I walked out the door. Crap, it was raining. I walked over to my truck. It made a lot of noise. I did hope that I would break down before I got to school. Lady Luck was not working. I parked next to this shiny silver Volvo. I immediately felt out of place.

I walked to the main office. "Hello." I greeted the lady. "I'm Isabella Swan and I am the new transfer student."

"Oh I know. You're from Phoenix? You don't seem tan."

"My mom's part albino." I said sarcastically. No I was lazy and stayed indoors.

"I see. Here's your schedule and a map of the school." The lady handed the papers to me.

"Thanks." I turned and walked out. Let's see, language arts with Mr. Santiago.

(A/N: I made up all of the teacher's names.)

"Who are you?" Mr. Santiago asked. I blushed.

"Isabella Swan. Call me Bella. I transferred from Phoenix." I explained.

He looked me over and wrinkled his eyebrows. Nonetheless he still pointed out my seat. "You are sitting next to Alice Cullen. Alice please raise your hand."

I looked at the girl who identified herself as Alice. She had short spiky hair and golden eyes. Her skin was paler than my own. At least I'll blend in. I walked over to her. Her books were on the table so she moved them.

"Hi Bella! I'm sure we'll be the greatest of friends." Alice said. I took a liking to her immediately.

"Hi, um okay." The teacher droned in a lecture about grammar or something. Alice slid her textbook towards me.

"Don't you need that Alice?" I asked her. She giggled. It sounded like wind chimes.

"No, I memorized everything on the page." She shrugged.

"You have photographic memory?" I asked in awe. She giggled again.

"You can say that." She looked like she was in deep thought. "So, how old are you?"

"I'm seventeen. You?"

"I'm sixteen. I'm a year ahead since I skipped the eighth grade." She smiled. She was tiny. She had a tiny figure but was very well dressed. She was wearing a pink pleated skirt paired with a white blouse. It showed of her necklace which looked expensive looking. "What class do you have next?"

"Trigonometry with Mr. Weber." I groaned.

"Really? Me too! Oh, and you'll be able to meet my brother and his girlfriend." Alice said. I nodded.

"What are their names?"

"Emmett Cullen and Rosalie Hale." Alice's eyes glazed over and she looked in deep thought again.

"Are you okay?" I put my hand on her shoulder. Cold. Very cold.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She froze. "Anyway, tell me about yourself."

"Well, I lived in Phoenix, Arizona with my mom. I moved to Forks yesterday. I now live with my dad, Charlie."

"Why did you move?"

"Well, I felt intrusive on their relationship."

"Oh, I see." Alice looked at the bell. It rang and the class ran out. She motioned for me to follow her. We walked outside and into the next building. She led me to the trigonometry room. "Sit with me."

I followed Alice. She seemed nice, if not overly friendly. She dragged me through the aisle and moved someone's books that I was about to trip over. She sat me down in a seat behind a buff man, and a woman with long gorgeous blonde hair.

"Emmett, Rosalie, this is Bella Swan." She whispered. The person named Emmett turned around in his seat. He offered his hand for me to shake. I blushed and did so.

"Hey, Belly. It's great to finally meet you." Emmett grinned. His dimples showed. I glanced at Rosalie.

"Hello Bella. I heard a lot about you from other students." Rosalie looked bored. Her eyes were golden, just like Emmett's and Alice's eyes.

"Seriously? But this is only the second period." I was appalled.

"Word gets around quickly in a tiny school like this." Rosalie turned in her seat and clicked her pen.

"Oh…"

"You're from Phoenix, right? How come you're so pale?" Emmett asked. I admired his beauty. He was muscular, very muscular.

"My mom is part albino. I get the pale skin from her." I explained. Emmett's eyebrows wrinkled in confusion.

"Em, her mom is pale so she is pale. It's hereditary." Rosalie stared at Emmett.

"Oh." He shrugged. "I don't deal with humans that often." I cocked my head to the side. Humans? What does he mean?

"Emmett, stop acting like those superheroes from that TV show." Alice hit Emmett on the back of the head with her notebook. "We're all human."

"Hehe…I do love me some superhero shows." Emmett laughed sheepishly. I shrugged. So Emmett's an superhero nerd…interesting. Rosalie raised her hand.

"Mr. Weber, may I go to the bathroom?" She asked. Mr. Weber nodded. Rosalie stood from her seat. I caught a good look at her outfit. She was wearing a blue sweater with a white buttoned blouse underneath, paired with black form fitting skinny jeans and black strapped ankle boots. Her curled blonde hair fell in little ringlets down her back. She had a headband to match her sweater.

Emmett was wearing a matching outfit to Rosalie, except his jeans were baggy and he was wearing converse. I felt out of place with these three. I sighed and put my head down on my book.

"Bella, can you answer the question?" Mr. Weber asked.

"Huh?" I looked around. Alice wordlessly slid me a notebook. I read her answer which was written in elegant script. Mr. Weber nodded. He was satisfied. Good. He'd better be. I slid the notebook back to Alice.

"Bella, it's your notebook. I did the work for you. I had a feeling you wouldn't be able to do it." Alice smiled. Rosalie walked back in and sat down.

"Oh, thanks." I said. I put my head down again.

"What do you have next?" Emmett asked.

"Biology II."

"Oh, Edward and Jasper are in that class." Alice smiled. "Em'll walk you to class." Emmett nodded.

The bell rang and Emmett waited for me at the door. "Let's go Belly." Emmett walked down the hall and to the left. "I have history now. It's next door to biology II." I followed Emmett and he stopped.

"Here it is. I have to go next door. Sit with us at lunch today." Emmett walked away. "See ya!"

"Bye Emmett." I turned and walked into the classroom. The teacher looked at me.

"Isabella Swan?"

"Bella."

"Have a seat with Jasper and Edward." He motioned to the three seated table. There was a seat between the two. I sat down awkwardly.

"Uh, hello." I whispered. I got a nod from the blonde boy and a scowl from the bronze boy.

"Hey, Bella." The attractive blonde said. He stared at me. "Name's Jasper. Jasper Whitlock-err Hale. Nice to meet you." Jasper held out his hand. I placed mine in it and he gave it a kiss. I blushed furiously.

"I'm Edward Cullen." Edward said. He glared at Jasper.

"Oh, hello." I said politely. This was awkward.